Vulnerability · Published Mar 1, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-25020
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the pluxml package (Ubuntu). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 68% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 31.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling1Public PoC
Official description
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Pluxml v5.8.7 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload in the thumbnail path of a blog post.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | pluxml | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-25020 |